späterem
[ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]
The verdict
“späterem” is uncommon German (frequency #89,602 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,602
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
Corpus desk
Index DE-spaterem · späterem · German
späterem · rank #89,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,602
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sprengladung
Nearest frequency peer: Sprengladung (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „späterem“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Sportverband
Sportverband
10,402 corpus weight
- Sprachbarri…
Sprachbarriere
10,401 corpus weight
- Sprengladung
Sprengladung
10,400 corpus weight
- späterem
späterem
10,399 corpus weight
- Späti
Späti
10,398 corpus weight
- Spülbecken
Spülbecken
10,397 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „späterem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | späterem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „späterem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
späterem is uncommon German at frequency #89,602 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
späterem has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is späterem, spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-R-E-M.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
- 2Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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